Can a bird fly high enough to be (technically) in outer space?

Question

Has this ever happened?

Or does this happen frequently?

Thanks everyone.

Answer 1

No. the bird would die from lack of oxygen and if it did that would be hilarious to watch- a little bird flyin around uncontrolably to mars LOL

Answer 2

No. For flying the wings of a bird require air, and the higher up you go the thinner the air becomes. Eventually at some extreme altitude the air would be too thin for the bird's wings to provide lift. That's assuming that the bird had on an oxygen mask in the first place. : )

Answer 3

No they can't, as you go higher, you lose oxygen.  Similarly to mountain climbing, you would need oxygen tanks for that and outer space is like millions of miles above mount everest lol.

Answer 4

N0 & never .

Answer 5

No.  Birds fly in the air, there is no air in space.  No air no flight, and suffocated and frozen bird.

"rockets" don't "fly" in the way airplanes or birds do.

Answer 6

I am pretty sure no, because there is some type of barrier that you have to break though. Also as you get to a higher altitude there is no air. Like on planes they have the emergency breathing thing and they don't even have to go that high.

Answer 7

i've never heard a question like that.... well the answer is NO. as the bird goes higher, the airpressure decreases.so, eventually, the birdy's blood vessels will burst. high up, the temperatures are low enough to freeze the birdy's blood. the air is thin enough for the birdy to.......(you guess the rest). the last thing that could happen is the birdy getting stuck up in some airplane's windscreen.

Answer 8

No.

Birds require air to fly.  Their wings work against the air, propelling them through it like a swimmer works against the water.  When considered "in space" there is no air, so the birds wings wouldn't work.

The bird needs air to breath. Since there is no air "in space" the bird would die.

Answer 9

No, I don't think they can, nor have I heard of any that do. I think the atmospheric pressure would limit this as a possibility, not to mention the temperature change and wind pressures.

Answer 10

um i haven't heard of any birds doing that but maybe search it on google and you will find an answer. but i have no clue....

Answer 11

the bird would pass out from lack of oxygen or freeze to death long before it would reach the point of burning up leaving our atmosphere, so, no

Answer 12

well not really the temprature would kill the bird and if that doesnt work the air is very heavy like hard to breath or even stay in flight for a bird..

Answer 13

eagles get close

some ducks fly over mount everest

none are in outer space  

Answer 14

  The highest flyer the condor is a long way from outer space.

  It requires air to fly and as long as you are in the atmosphere you are not in outer space.

Answer 15

I wouldn't think so. If the bird gets too high, wouldn't it experience a lot of pressure? Plus, they're wouldn't be a lot of gravity or atmosphere tokeep it alive. So, I don't think so. Good question, though.

=)

Answer 16

Nope. birds need oxygen to breath and the air would get to thin.

Answer 17

I have all ways been  told that.

Answer 18

Technically, space starts at 100 KM, or about 62 miles up.

The air is so rarified that at 5 or 6 miles up, humans have a hard time breathing, and you don't find any birds this high either, partly because there's no food at that altitude, and partly because they, too, would have a hard time surviving.  From what I understand about bird wings, probably the longest belong to the Albatross, and even if you put those enormous wings on a smaller body, I would hazard to guess that the creature couldn't get above 10 miles or so, even if you fed it oxygen through a tank.  

Answer 19

NO